Tite confirmed that it was the “finish of a cycle” for him as coach of Brazil after the favourites had been dumped out of the World Cup within the quarter-finals on penalties by Croatia on Friday.
The 61-year-old, who has been in cost since 2016, had beforehand made it no secret that he would depart the place after the event in Qatar, whatever the consequence.
“It’s a painful defeat however I’m going in peace. It’s the finish of a cycle,” he informed reporters after Brazil’s dramatic exit from the competitors at Doha’s Training Metropolis Stadium.
“I already stated {that a} 12 months and a half in the past. I did not come right here to win after which flip round and say I used to be going to remain. Individuals who know me know that.”
After a goalless 90 minutes, Brazil took the lead by way of Neymar halfway by way of additional time just for Bruno Petkovic to equalise for Croatia within the 117th minute.
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That meant penalties, and Rodrygo’s first kick for Brazil was saved by Croatia’s man of the match Dominik Livakovic.
With Croatia scoring 4 penalties, Marquinhos needed to convert when he stepped up for Brazil, solely to hit the submit.
Tite had already overseen a quarter-final exit by the hands of Belgium on the final World Cup in Russia 4 years in the past.
In between, Brazil gained the Copa America on house soil in 2019 however then misplaced the ultimate of that event as hosts to Argentina final 12 months.
The Brazilian Soccer Confederation has beforehand stated it won’t select its subsequent coach till January.
Requested to evaluate his time in cost Tite stated: “In time I will reply higher.
“I’m not able now to guage all of the work we’ve finished, however as time goes by it is possible for you to to make that evaluation.
“I haven’t got the capability to try this now after we’ve been eradicated.”
In the meantime, Tite was requested why Neymar didn’t step as much as take Brazil’s fourth penalty as an alternative of Marquinhos once they needed to rating simply to remain alive within the shoot-out.
“As a result of he takes the fifth and decisive penalty,” he defined.
“The participant with probably the most high quality and the appropriate mentality steps up when there’s probably the most strain.”
Neymar by no means acquired the prospect to take a penalty, having earlier equalled Pele’s file of 77 targets for the Brazilian workforce.
It’s simply the second time Brazil have misplaced a penalty shoot-out on the World Cup, after they had been crushed by France in the identical means on the quarter-final stage of the 1986 event in Mexico.
“Whenever you lead 1-0 in additional time and then you definitely concede the equaliser 13 minutes into the second half of additional time it’s troublesome,” Tite stated of his workforce’s frame of mind going into the shoot-out.
“It’s troublesome to remain mentally robust in a state of affairs like that.”